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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
What the British Commissioner
Saws.

At the late banquet OF the New York
Chamber OF Commerce. among the distin-
Ruished guests was tho British Irish Com.
missioner Joseph Chamberlain. President
Smith proposed q toast to Mr.. Chamber
lain and in introducing him expressed
pleasure in the fact that he had been chus-
en- to- represent Great Britsin on the inter.
national fisheries commission, and con
idenoe that be would act Justly and in a
spirit of coneiliation. Mr.. Chamberlain in
his said:
Though am farther away from England
than / have over been before, still / am at
home among people OF the same language,
the same ambitions, and | am still more
greatly impressed with the unison OF the
aims OF the two great nations which yon
and / represent. / bring with me the uni.
versal sympathy OF every Englishman
whose opinion is worth consulting. and |
am sure that nothing will be permitted 10
imperil the good relations that have exist.
ed between Great Britain and the United
States. During the last twenty years has
grown that confidence between us without
which true friendship cannot exist. ! as.
sure you that the settlement which we
will strive to gain will accrue TO the benefit
OF either party-in fact. / shall not at
tempt any settlement that is not admira-
bly, fair. At all events you will not under
estimate what such ar honest settlement
will mean. The bloodiest wars Of which
history contains the record have sprung
from like trivial causes. The question Of
trade will weigh heavily upon any discus
sion between your country and mine. Fully
oDe-sixth OF all the exports OF England are
to your country. and fully one-half OF your
exports come to us. No. gentlemen, we
cannot afford the luxury OF a quarrel. Mr..
Chamberlain expressed his amazement at
the struggle for wealth, but thought that
the country's safeguard was the reverence
fer law among the people. In his own
country he was called q radical He ad.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
mitted il. The people should make. enioru
and obey the laws.
Le,,er from president cleveland

Letter from President Cleveland
Al the banquet OF the Nes York Cham
Der Of Commerce, President Cleveland
wrote: Those charged by the people Will
the management OF their government can
not fail TO enhance their usefulness ny 0
familiarity with business conditions and
intimacy with business men, since good
government has no more important mis-
sion than the stimulation and protection
Of the activities OF the country. TIM
relation between government and
business suggests the thought
that the members OF such as
sociations as yours owe to themselves ana
to all the people OF the land a thoughtful
discharge Of their political obligations,
guided by their practical knowledge Of al
fairs, to the end hat there may be i'm
pressed upon the administration OF oui
government n business character and ten
deHey free from the diversion OF passion
and unmoyed by sudden gusts o! excite.
ment. But the most wholesome purpose
oil their political action will not be accom-.
plished by an insistance upon their ex'
elusive. claims and selfish benefits. regard
less Of the welfare OF the people at large.
Interdrpendenee Is so fully an element IN
our national existence ttat a patriotic and
generous heed to tho general good seems
to best subserve every particular interest.
Chauncy NJ. Depew responded to thetoast
OF THE United States, with a government
by the people and for the people; they
are friends ofhonest labor. the enemies oil
a%narchism." Mr.. Depew said in part:
There has been brought out just now In
d Western city the question OF the sur.
vival OF our government. In Chicago u
has been partly settled what is to become
of anarchy. 1t has demonstrated that
the velvet glove OF liberty covers the
mereiless hand of the law. The American
people have decided this. There is no
liberty unless there is law. In the coun-
tries from which these people come the
police, the constabulary, the standing
army, keep them in check. But terrible
as may be the teri ors OF tyranny, more
terrible is the vengeance OF a free people
when their liberties are invaded. But ait.
err all, the ills that threaten the United
State are but the spots upon the sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
The casuassv Record. !

Destructive forest fires are again raging
in Illinois. An immense amount OF prop
erty Is being destroyed and in some cases
people have to fight for their lives.
Jack Kinzman. a brakeman on the
Winona & St. Peter railway, while running
along the top OF the cars neat Meridian,
fell, striking outside the rail on his head
and featuring bis skull.
At Bessemeh Mich, an accident occurred
at Anvil mine. Capt. Green and two min.
ers fell from the top of the shalt houes
miners were killed and Capt. Green can.
not recover.
The schooner Glenova, grain laden, from
Duluth. was lost by the propeller Glengarry
on Pressure Isle IN u gale, through the tow
line breaking. The Glengarry had to come
to Kingston with the schooner Gaskin,
which she also IN In tow. She is two years
old and unusually staunch, and cost $13,.
boo. Her crew numbers seven men.
Mics Rendau. 4 French maiden, nine.
teen years. who resided in Chicago, was
buried recently. She had been subject to
violent spasms and fits OF vomiting for
many days. No doctor was able to dis
cover the cause OF her death. On the day
before her death she was seized with a
more violent paroxysm thar ever before.
There was n choking sensation in her
throat, n finally there was forced an
from her stomach a live young swapping
turtle with a shell as large as n hall dollar.
The attending physician a that the pa
tent became unconscious and almost i'm.
nIediatsly began toswell upin her limbs like
Que afflicted with the dropsy. She never
rallied. The turtle is a perfect specimen
OF its kind, and il is believed hat it grew
from a germ swallowed in water from Lake
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
Personal News Notes.

Mr.. Ruskin's profits frous his books last
year amounted to $780, 00.
-6overnor-elect Jackson OF Maryland
has promised his salary OF 81, 500 a year
to his wife Tor pin money.
Hugh J. Jewett. ex-president OF the
Erie road, is critically i'll, che result OF a
iaii irom the porch Of his house.
Cardinal Gibbons has returned to Balti.
more from his extended trip through the
Northwest-tired but in good health.
Mr.. Coquelin, the French actor, rises
every day at Z O'Clock and goes to bed
without supper as 400 as he leaves the
theater.
A. &. Hatch has been steadily losing his
grip among Wall street magnates, and his
suspension nov will cause scarcely a ripple
on the current OF trade.
President J.. ]. Hill and party OF freinds
lett st. Paul by special train for Helena,
Mont, to take part in the celebration Of
the completion OF the ManitobaS railroad
to that city.
: The pope has nominated n commission
to examine his project TO found nm extern,
sive philanthropic institu ton for the bene-
fit OF tho working classes to commemoia att
the Jubilee. He proposes that 5000, 600
be raised to start the Institution.
The committee Of Plymouth church has
notified the Rev. Mr. Berry at Wolverhamp
ton, England, that he has been selected az
pastor OF Plymouth church. A letter was
also sent explaining the details. 1t is SAID
hat Mr.. Berry will receive a salary oI
$4,000 a year, and a house on the
Heights.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
Criminal Calendar,

At Milwaukee, it tool a jury ten minutes
to find +. w. K~rackowizer guilty OF Grim.
inal libel because he had termed Aid,
Dunck q 'Buddensick builder and burly
boodler.
At Barron, Wis. the depot OF the $500
road was entered and the sale broken open
and robbed 81 over 5000 50 cash, besides
some watches, money orders. tickets. etc.
Several stores also was entered, but the
amount obtained was small.
ID. G.. Walcott was arrested at Plattvfile.
Wis, by Sheriff Murray and had a prelimi-
nary examination at 0watonna before City
Justice Newsolt on the charge OF stealing
two Cancelled wheat checks from Hastings 4
Dimint. He sold them to parties in town,
realizing about $32.
After a years wrangling with their
tongues. Carney aud McAuliffs met in the
ring in New York. Fort five long hours they
commended Ter the light weight champion
ship OF the world, both were badly punish
ed but the spectators broke into tho ring
and the battle is postponed.
The neiehborhood of Dennison, Iowa, ls
excited over the elopement OF Mrs. Henry
Bloomdale. vile OF . farmer. with a negro
named Davidson. who was working on the
farm. The woman was well connected and
Ii ad all the comforts OF life. She left three
small children.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
death of GEN. william Myers, u.s.A.

Gen. William Myers, deputy quarter.
master general, died at New York city on
the 18th inst. He had been suffering from
infammatory rheumatism for a number OF
years, and this. it is thought, was the i'm
mediate cause Of his death. Gen. Myers
was born in Reading. Pa he graduated
from the military academy in 1852. he
WAS first lieutenant of the Ninth in
faDtry at the breaking out OF the
Rebellion and captain and assistant
quartermaster in 1861. In the same year
be was assigned to duty at st. Louis as
assistant to Gen. Robert Allen, and was
subsequently appointed chiei quartermas-
ter OF the department oil the Missouri at
st. Louis, q position he held until 1866,
when be was assigned TO duty at Omaha,
Neb.. where he wac chief quartermaster oil
the department OF the Platte until 1870,
when be was ordered to Washington city
as depot quartermaster there. In 1876
he went to San Francisco as chief quarter.
master ci the division Of the Pa
eifc and department of California.
He was ordered to Chicago in 1879,
and after three years. tour there as depot
quartermaster he was assigned to duty as
chief quartermaster OF the department OF
Dakota, with headquarters at Fort Smell.
ing, Mimi. when Gen. Terry was in com
mand. He vas placed upon the retired list
in 1888, at his own request, and after
thirty years service. Gen. ayers' services
during the war gained for him the brevet OF
brigadier general. His money and prop.
erty accountability during that time was
perhaps greater than hat OF any other
office OF the qu~artermasters' department.
having disbursed over $500, 600, 900 from
1862 60 1866.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
National Bank Robbers Captured.

Washington Special: On the night Of
July 4 a well. flied stage on the Gibson
Hne. in the Yellowstone Park. was attack.
ed by robbers and the passengers ''held up
for small mounts OF money and iewelry.
Capt. Harris, First cavalry, the militia
superintendent in charge OF the park, was
somewhat piqued at the criticisms passed
upon the lack OF security under the new
management and determined to hunt out
the guilty parties. In "A letter received
by the secretary Of the interior, Capt.
Harris announces the capture OF both
parties In the persons of William James
and one Higgenbottom, Lately a stage
driver himself in the park. When
the robbery was committed the
stage was in that portion OF the
park lying in Montana. and Capt.
Harris, in October, addressed the United
States attorney Tor Montana, giving the
facts in the case. He informed the attor-
ney that the guilty parties we're in the
Madison valley, just beyond the park
limits, and requested him to arrest them.
Montana ofieers told the owner of the
stage line that as the robbery ID
been committed within the limits oi
the park they had no jurisdiction.
NJ antime parties were seen who had
heard James Boosting Of his having par
ticipated in the robbery, and having In his
possession a curious French coin oil the
first Napoleon, which j. +. Lacy OF Oska-
loosa, Iowa, carried before being robbed in
the stage. Oct. II James was arrested
within the limits OF the park and placed
Ia confinement at Mammoth Hot Springs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24

The s,ntrovsrsy over the British
sealers sssed by our government in
Alaskan waters is more serious than
has perhaps been anticipated. 1t ap.
pears from a publication of the Cana
dian government that Great Britain
made a very emphatic demand for the
release OF the sealers and they were re-
LEASED, and that the subjects OF Great
Britain have put in quite a formida-
BILE bin OF damages against the United
States, the merits OF which are still In
controversy between the two govern
ments. Whether or not the questions
connected with the seizures OF the
sealers viii be brought up in the fish
cry conference which is soon to meet
in Washington It is evident that the
British authorities intend to make
the most OF the Alaska incident in
some way, and that a specific case is
to be urged for damages which may
assume as grave a character as the
questions now pending relative 20 the
2sheries on the Atlantic coast.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24

siEcs the cases were disposed OF by
Governor Oglesby of Illinois, many
newspapers have advocated pardon.
ing boards or councils, such as exist
In some OF the States. to relieve gov.
ernors OF the tremendous RESPONSE
biiity nov imposed upon them. It is
argued that If it takes twelve men to
coEvict . person of murder, and If
the appellate courts sustain the ver-
dict then no one man ought to he
clothed with the power to set all
those results aside. By parity OF
reasoning. we might say that the unani-
nous votes of at least twelve men
gosd and true should be required to
reverse the verdict Of the other twelve,
and free the condemned, or commute
his penalty irom hanging to a life in
prison. II any one objects to twelve
as an inconveniently Iarg. number fer
q board Of pardons-dificult to be
assembled IN cases OF emergency-let
It be nine or six, no matter what, il
the psrilous one-man power Of to-day
b broken up and suitable iormaIities
are henceforth observed in the pro-
seedlings for the orsrthrew Of judg-
uaeets slpsady rsndered.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
A Grand Revenge.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit FREE ifess.
A citizen of Springwells walked 4
one of the groceries in that suburb!
other day and satuted the propris
with:
yesterday you refused to trust
with hall a pound OF sixty-cent ta
Eyes, / did," was the ready rsI
"Any man who trusts you is cers
to get left"
"He is, ELI? My credit isn't q
for a quarter, eh? Just read tha
He handed the grocer a ithogrs
letter from a New York lawyer SAY
that he, the recipient, was heir 20
estate in England valued at $ga,0
600. and he was notified re send O
fee of $25 to pay for hunting up
papers.
"Ninety million dollars. "gasped
man with the circular. Just IN
OF i'll Oh, you needn't get down
your knees to me, tor tits too late. !
plans are all arranged. As soon q
get the money / shall establish MN
groceries ia this neighborhood, g
with 81, 900, 600 behind it, and
your name isn't Dennis before spr
then you can call me a liar"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
plpmasth Church has dae

Plymouth Church has decided to
give . call to Rev. Charles A. Berry,
OF Northampton. England, to be
Bsecher's successor. He is youn0
enough, thirty-6ve, to bear trans.
planting. as Spureeon and Parker
would not have been, and the tokens
OF his ability and the record OF his
work are very much in his favor. 1t
Is to be hoped that he will continue to
be himself and not try to initiate
Beecher.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
Sir John.

The cadets Mt West Point afe
pected to address one another
ceremonious peliteness. and theisss
arrivals are promptly drilled
social duties toward their 'eho-
Sometimes this discipline V 20
arduous. and again its course Is ~
en- by some slight occurrence u ah
livening nature.
One day q number OF cadets aees
ed a new conner, and the ioilowi'He
versation ensued:
"Weli, mister, what's your na'ns
"John Walden"
"Sirl" yelled his interlocutot,
fed at such an unceremonions 49,
John Walden" ~innocentiy lrPs
ed the culprit. Il
well, sir, l want You to pus
OMIT"
[Sir John Walden" was the e
reioiner.
The error was such q naturs
and was perpetrated in so so's
manner, that the cadets turnea - ~
With rosrs Of laughter. and tne
MN was ever afterwards kno
The corpa as s'Sir John.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
Gen. Sheridan as a Martint

never heard this one on Gen. sne<
dan before. We all know that q!
not a tall man. 1t matters not VIE
he saw the ungainly Irish soldier, az
OF stature, bow-shouldered and Irres
lar OF step. The general thought oX
frowning reprehension to excite son
thing of martial ambition in the "a
.Don't stand that way like a cei1l
mandoubled over washtub, saia :
"straiehten up. form erect, chest oo'
and chin elevated. Like this S3
the general, then an under-ofiicer 81
a superb illustration OF the pefif!
soldier in parade movement, BIS 81
fixed unalterably away from earste
things.
can it's straight ahid I'll De sfti<
lookin' all the toime?" asked tfx :
cruit~. glaucing down at his superior 8
ficer with a merry twinkle in his e!s
Precisely; chest out and cam !
vated-sol All, very good; very eoo
indeed. Now you look like a sosalet.
"An' must / forivir kape MI ~
pinted an a did livil in this way!
ayes; if you mean to be o respe1s'
bic soldier. certainly"
The Irish recruit pulled out ~
pigeon, and as he stepped on 20 =
measured "Righti'' "Leiti' exelai1's.
"WelI. good boi to yez. ~lettenan1 Z
CORA, I'll nivir see you agin.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
Resignation ofLand Commission
err Sparks.

The Land Commissioner OF the general
land Office, Gen. William A.. j. Sparks. has
resigned his office as comm lssi Toner OF the
general land office. He called on the presi-
lent and delivered to him a letter defend,
ing his course in the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha land grant case,
the ground that his view OF public policy
In regard to railroad land matters were
Enthusiastically opposed to those OF the
Secretary OF the Interior and that as the
Secretary had placed the Presidentin a deli
cate position by threatening to resign I'M
less he was ousted, he concluded to re
lieve the President by rendering his own
resignation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
Foreign News Notes.

The car of Russia visits the emperor o.
Germany in Berlin and is banqueted at the
palace.
Mr.. Parnell writes that his health i.
slowly but steadily improving. He doe
not intend to speak during the parlia.
meptary recess, as his doctors have ad.
vised against it.
Lori Lytton has been elected lord rector
OF Glasgow university. His contestant
was Lord Rosebery and the vote was q
tie. The earl OF Stair. chancellor OF the
university, ave the casting vote to Lit
ton.
Henri Rochefort, the editor OF the Paris
Instransigeant, has fought q duel with
swords with Marmack. the editor OF the
Cri du Peuple. The latter was wounded.
The encounter vas the result OF q quarrel
over Gen. B~oulanger.
The court Of appeal in LoEdon has dis.
charged the order in the case OF David De
Bensaade and his wife, Violet Cameron.
the actress. restraining the former iromin-
terfering with his wife during their legal
separation. Dc Bensaucs undertakes not
TO NEEDLE with his wiie's earnings.
Fresh alarm has been caused by the an.
nouneement that the crown princes mala-
dy is undoubtedly soft cancer and the pus
discharged contains cancer cells OF the very
worst kind. III the tumor continues to dis.
charge a large quantity OF matter its
growth may be retarded, but the worst
fears are entertained. The princes voice
is husky. but he has no difficulty in speak.
ing. He continues to express hope OF re-
covery.
In tho French chamber OF deputies per-
mission was asked by the government to
prosecute Wilson. A committee was APP
pointed to report upon the motion. The
committee decided that Wilson should be
prosecuted.e Wilson was informed that
before proceedings we're begun he would be
given an opportunity to be heard. He re-
piled that he had no statement to make
before the trinl. The chamber. by q vote
OF 627 TO 3, approved the demand for the
prosecution OF Wilson. The ministers
went to the Elysee palace and informed
President Grevy OF the decision OF the
chamber.
The Italian parliament was opened the
10th. Hing Humbert. in his speech from
the throne, said: Bills will be submitted
to reorganlze tho ministerial departments;
TO reform communal and provincial adj
Illustrations; to establish a uniform penal
code; to bring about a radical reform OF
the prison system; to improve the ednca-
ton OF the youth; to establish q sanitary
code; to regulate and repress excessive emss
eration; to encourage thrift among the
working p%opuiace; and to promote credit
BY the reorganization Of banks Of Issue, by
which iliuciary circulation may anticipate
the fortune OF the future without present
danger. II. as there is full reason to hope.
psace Is maintained, no extra military ex-
Perditures viii appear in the ,Hxt budget
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24

New York City will have the honors
OF the next c~enntenial. On April 80,
1889. the wheels OF government
under the new constitution were first
set in motion. The first congress had
assembled in New York, and on that
day General Washington. the first
president, took the oath OF Office. 1t
has been proposed by the New York
ers to appropriately celebrate that
event on April so, 1889.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-11-24
The Press on the Anarchists.

The press OF New York City AiGcusses the
hanging OF the anarchists as follows:
Journal OF Commerce: Anarchists call SO.
ciety a monster. Let them beware. then,
how they excite this monster to use its
awful strength in crushing them. Thenext
time these anarchists hurl themselves
against the rock Of our civilization they
may perish by the hundreds and
thousands. Society will kill them, bury
them and 70 about it's business.
SUM-: But society has dared, and it will
continue to dare, to defend itself against
anarchy, even il, instead OF four anarch.
lists, it Is necessary TO swing 1000 anarch.
lists from the gibbet. But the Chicago
hanging will make it unnecessary.
Times: Their dying words were proof Of
their guilt and, therefore, overthrow the
pretense that they we're victims Of inius-
tice.
Tribune: American working people
should not be deceived by the false pleas
made on behalf OF these murderers. 1t Is
not true that these men were condemned
to death for their opinions respecting law
and society.
Herald: II they have been hurled into
a traitors grave by the MEMORABLE decree
OF even handed and iron banded justice, IL
Is because they conspired aaaint the very
existence OF orderly society.